Case of traumatic spreading gangrene after severe compound fracture of the leg : for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles... / by P.D. Handyside.

  • Handyside, P. D. (Peter David), 1808-1881.
Date:
[1860]
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Credit: Case of traumatic spreading gangrene after severe compound fracture of the leg : for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles... / by P.D. Handyside. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE OF TRAUMATIC SPREADING GANGRENE, AFTER SEVERE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEG, FOR WHICH AMPUTATION BENEATH THE TROCHANTERS WAS PERFORMED, AND THE ARTERIES SECURED BY FOUR ACUPRESSURE NEEDLES: - THE FEMORAL ARTERY, AT ITS GIVING OFF THE PROFUNDA BRANCH, WAS RELIEVED FROM PRESSURE AT THE FORTY-NINTH HOUR AFTER THE OPERATION : WITH RECOVERY ; AND REMARKS. By P. D. HANDY SIDE, M.D., F.R.S.E., FORMERLY SENIOR ORDINARY SURGEON TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARY. ILLUSTRATED BY A WOODCUT. (Read before the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 7th Nov. 1860.)